Monument record 1581 - Saxon Cross Shaft on The Mount, Prestbury

<1> Harris, B.E. (ed), 1987, Victoria County History - A History of the County of Chester: Volume I, 1/290 1987 (Book). SCH3556.

Saxon cross. Moved to the Mount in the 1950s from next to the sundial in Adlington Hall gardens. Remains consist of a cylindrical cross shaft of pink gritstone

<2> Department of the Environment, 1971-2005, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, /6/229 (Report). SCH1934.

Cross probably 11th century. Barrel-shaped column has 2 raised bands near the top. Above the bands the column is dressed into 4 faces with the lower part of a raised loop visible on each face. The top of the cross is broken off. The cross stands 1.2m high

<3> Bailey R N, 2010, Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Stone Sculpture Volume IX, Cheshire and Lancashire: 9, p.45 (Book). SCH7146.

Adlington 2. Cylindrical part of the shaft is topped by two broad and flat mouldings. Above these mouldings, a lower swag border survives on all faces of the rectangular section of the cross. No decoration is visible on any part of the shaft. Formerly standing alongside Adlington 1. (CHER 1618)